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STORAGE AND DISPLAY STAND APPLICATIQN- mm AUG. 7. 1918.

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STUMGE AND DISPLAY STAND.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. EIGH- mnc, Jr, a citizen of the UnitedStates residing at Memphis, Shelby county, an State of lennessee, haveinvented and discovered certain new and useful improvements in Storageand Display Stands, of which the following is a specification. My saidinvention relates to storage and display stands for perishable productsand consists in the combinations and arrangement of elements hereinafterdescribed and particularly set forth in the accompanying claim. 7

The purpose of the invention is to provide an apparatus for storage anddisplaying vegetables, flowering plants and other easily perishableproducts in such a manner that the same will be kept fresh and salableior t at the same may be frequently sprinkled withwater and to providefor subjecting such products to the free circulation of air.

Another purpose of the invention is to construct a display and storagestand with the holders thereof arranged in tiered compartments to theend of easy accessibility and convenient grouping of the articles andhandling the groups without interference with each other.

The invention is shown by way of illustration in the accompanyingdrawing, wherein,

Figure l is a perspective view of the stand complete,

Fig. 2, a transverse sectional view thereof, and

Fig. 3, a detailed perspective view of the apron or water shed.

Referring to the construction in further detail and wherein likedesignate corresponding parts in the different views shown, thestand-consists of a suitable supporting framework having the front andrear legs a and thereof of rela tively diflerent height, as shown, andeach of said legs has a caster or roller 6 whereby the stand may bereadily moved from. place to place.

A plurality of shelves 7 are arranged in tiers or step formation and atop shelf 8 serves for supporting plants in pots or other goods ondisplay. The front walls or portions 9 of the several shelves formcompart- Specification of Letters Patent.

are laid inlayers on a reference characters vention, what atented llllayti, 1919.,

Application and au ust r, ieie'. Serial it). scares.

ments or receptacles of the several steps and end boards 10 close saidcompartments at either end of the stand as shown.

The rear portion of each bottom wall 7 and the immediately adjacentportion of the rear wall ofeach compartment is left open, and a strip ofwire mesh screen 11 or other appropriate perforated material is laidthereover for the thereby giving free air passage for venti lating theplants or vegetables on display or in storage.

Each shelf or support is provided With a number of partitions to provideseparate compartments for holding the plants in different stages ofgrowth or difierent kinds of plants, and said compartments are readilyremovable to the end of accommodating plants of did'erent sizes. Thescreen seefull length of the stand.

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tions 11 also allow the plants to be watered by sprinkling and to thisend an apron or water shed is provided to catch the overflow and directthe same to a suitable receiver or drip can 12. Said apron consistspreferably of a sheet of metal 13 mounted on an incline and having cutaway rear portions 14 forming a flange 15 "by means of which the apronis secured to the stand. The lower edge of the apron has an up-turnedflange 16 for collecting the water with a depressed portion 17 leadingto an outlet 18 disposed immediately overthe can 12 as shown.

lln use the root portions of the plants foundation of damp Sphagnum,moss or other moisture retaining substance that covers the screensections 11; and these layers of plant roots resting on mosses may beplaced in the several compartments one upon the other without harm. inthis condition the plants or other articles may be watered at thenecessary intervals for keeping the same in proper condition andinasmuch as all excess Water will run od it is obvious that the articlesmay be kept in primecondition for prolonged periods and withoutliability of rotting or the deteriorating effects caused by mildew.

Havingthus fully described my said inl[ claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is: a

A. storing and display stand for plants comprising supporting legs,tiers of receptacles mounted thereon and having adjoinand is formed Milltilt

ing portions of their respective bottom and my hand and seal at Memphis,Tennessee,

, rear walls open and covered with wire this 2nd day of August, A. D.nineteen hunscreen, and an inclined sheet of metal can dred andeighteen. ried by said supporting legs beneath said 1 CHARLES W.EICHLING, JR. [L 5.] receptacles and providing a watershed, sub--Witnesses:

- stanltially as set forth. D. D. WILLIAMS,

In witness whereof I have hereunto set JOHN W. FARLEY.

